All MCA Insight articles in September 2018 – Page 3
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NewsNWTC launches app
New World Trading Company has launched a new app to reward customer loyalty as part of its ongoing nationwide expansion.
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NewsM&B lfls up 1.2% YTD
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has reported like-for-like sales (lfls) on a reported basis up 1.2% in the 51 weeks to 22 September, with the final eight weeks seeing growth of 0.8%.
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NewsCoffer confirms £19.5m portfolio sale to Kames
Coffer Corporate Leisure has completed the sale of a leisure portfolio of eight high-quality freehold public house/ restaurant/ retail investment properties for c£19.5m to Kames Property Income Fund. Coffer Corporate Leisure advised the private seller, who built the portfolio over 20 years selectively purchasing and asset managing landmark properties in ...
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Foodcos sign up to waste roadmap
Nearly 100 major food companies have signed up to a grand plan to publish food waste figures.
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NewsClark leaves Subway
Sacha Clark has left her role as marketing director of Subway UK and Ireland, MCA understands. Clark, previously of InterContinental Hotels Group, was with Subway for just over two years, and is currently on gardening leave until October. In the interim, Mike Brouwers, Subway European marketing director will be working ...
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NewsBarons Pub Company adds eighth site
Barons Pub Company has acquired its eighth site – The Inn at West End in Surrey; its first with accommodation.
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NewsAntic acquires Denmark Arms in Newham
Antic London has acquired The Denmark Arms in East Ham, Newham.
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NewsGrubhub acquires campus platform
Grubhub, America’s leading food-ordering and delivery marketplace, has acquired Tapingo, a platform for college campus food ordering, for $150m.
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NewsBar + Block updates on pipeline
Whitbread’s high street steak restaurant brand Bar + Block has announced openings in Wimbledon and Reading in early 2019, and hints at more to come, MCA has learnt.
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NewsNutufia raises $1.2m for Euro expansion
Natufia Labs, a start-up which automatically grows edible plants in professional and domestic kitchens, has completed a $1.2m seed round led by Butterfly Ventures, Techstars, and Ginco Investments.
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NewsJW Lees returns to new-builds
JW Lees has exchanged contracts on its first new-build in a decade as it seeks to diversify its growth strategy.
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NewsSSP expects FY lfls up 3%
SSP Group, the concessions operator, has reiterated its expectation of delivering like-for-like sales growth of between 2% and 3% for the year to 30 September.
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NewsLeon awarded three stars for sustainability
Leon, the John Vincent-led group, has achieved the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s (SRA) top mark of three stars – the only brand in the food-to-go market to be awarded the accolade for its sustainable practices. The SRA judges a business’ sustainability against a ten-point sustainability framework under three main pillars of ...
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NewsMiddlemass steps down as Market Town Taverns MD
Louise Middlemass has stepped down as managing director of Market Town Taverns (MTT), the Heron and Brearley-owned pub operator.
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Minor eyes UK rollout for Benihana
Minor Hotels, the Thailand-based hospitality group, which acquired a stake in Japanese restaurant group Benihana earlier this year, is exploring further expansion opportunities for the brand in the UK, after strengthening its management team here, MCA has learnt.
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NewsAll Star Lanes appoints interim MD
All Star Lanes, the boutique bowling concept, has promoted Graham Cook to the role of interim managing director in the wake of Christian Rose’s departure earlier this summer.
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NewsTGI Friday’s launches ‘Fridarians’ campaign
TGI Friday’s has launched a new integrated brand campaign that introduces the world to “Fridarians”, who “smash through the so-called rules of going out and live every day like it’s a Friday”
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NewsBrexit vote forces TGI’s to switch to UK suppliers
TGI Friday’s switched a number of suppliers from overseas providers to UK ones in the wake of the Brexit vote, its procurement and supply chain director has told Supply Management magazine.
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Calder and Adkins join CBRE
CBRE has announced the appointment of Mark Calder as a director to its central London retail team as it continues to bolster its restaurant and leisure offer.
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NewsKFC franchisee secures c£14m debt facility
Auriga Holdings, one of the longest-serving KFC franchisees in the UK, has secured a new £13.95m debt facility from Metro Bank, as it eyes further expansion.